how do you insert ^[ in vi?

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You'll never BELIEVE what Mark Comins said here...:
>  
> The <ctrl><v> tells vi to take the next key as a special control key.

Actually, it tells the entire tty to take it that way.  Application or
shell--it doesn't matter.

This is configurable with stty's lnext setting, which I assume stands for
"literal(ise) next".  I tried looking it up on Solaris' man page but it
didn't document anything other than its existance.

mark->
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